Hands Across the Lagoon event planned for Saturday

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Sep 23, 2013 at 8:08 PMSep 23, 2013 at 8:09 PM

Hopes are high for a strong turnout Saturday for a Hands Across the Lagoon event.

Hopes are high for a strong turnout Saturday for a Hands Across the Lagoon event to draw attention to the plight of the Indian River Lagoon.Volunteers hope to have enough people to span all the bridges across the Lagoon, said Lorilee Thompson, a long-time lagoon advocate who owns the Dixie Crossroads Restaurant in Titusville.Conditions in the lagoon have declined in recent years with several widespread toxic algal blooms and hundreds of manatee, dolphin and pelican deaths, in addition to fish kills and sea grass and shellfish die-offs. Participants will gather at 9 a.m. at New Smyrna Beach’s South Causeway and at seven other locations between Titusville and Stuart. At 9:45 a.m., the plan is for volunteers to join hands for 15 minutes. Timed to coincide with National Estuary Day, the event is being organized by the Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program. The other locations for the event are the Max Brewer Causeway, Titusville; Kayaks Across the Lagoon, Kiwanis Island Park, SR 520, Merritt Island; Melbourne Causeway, SR 192, Melbourne; Wabasso Causeway, SR 510, Vero Beach; Barber Bridge, SR 60, Vero Beach; South Bridge/Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce; and Stuart Causeway, Stuart.For additional information, contact the Estuary Program office at 321-722-5363.— Dinah Voyles Pulver

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